§ MR. WEBSTER (St. Pancras, E.)asked the Under Secretary of State for India whether it was a fact that letters of Lachmandus, late Prime Minister of Cashmere, have been discovered, showing a course of treason on the part of the Maharajah towards the Indian Government; whether these letters, amongst other things, reveal a design set on foot by the Maharajah of Cashmere to poison the British Resident; and whether, if this information is accurate, he is in a position to inform the House what steps the Indian Government propose to take under the circumstances?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Sir J. GORST,) ChathamThe Secretary of State is advised that the Government of India attach very little importance to the intercepted letters.